| Scrobipalpa instabilella | |
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| Scrobipalpa instabilella,Talacre, North Wales, June 2012 | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. instabilella |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa instabilella (Douglas, 1846) | |
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Scrobipalpa instabilella, thesaltern groundling, is amoth in the familyGelechiidae. It was described byJohn William Douglas in 1846. It is found in on theCanary Islands, inAlgeria,Ireland,Great Britain,Portugal,Spain,France,Belgium, theNetherlands,Germany,Denmark,Italy,Sardinia,Sicily,Greece,Cyprus andPalestine.[1][2] It is also present in the United States, where it has been recorded fromCalifornia.
The length of the forewings is 5.6–6 mm (0.22–0.24 in). The forewings are uniform lustrous, brownish grey, with scattered ochreous scales and a weak indication of two linear rust coloured stigmata in the cell. The hindwings are pale grey.[3] Meyrick describes it - The head ochreous-grey, face whitish. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings brown, irrorated with darker and paler, partly ochreous tinged; towards base two indistinct blackish spots on costa and two on fold; stigmata black, first discal beyond plical, second followed by a black spot, and another on fold beyond plical; sometimes a blackish longitudinal discal suffusion; a pale greyish -ochreous angulated fascia at 3/4. Hindwings 1, light grey. Larva pale yellowish-green; dorsal, subdorsal, and faint spiracular lines brown-reddish; dots blackish; head and plate of 2 somewhat darker.[4][5][6][7]
The moths fly May to July.
The larva feeds onHalimione portulacoides a saltmarsh species.
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